1.2Core Specifications

The P4S8X motherboard is designed and assembled according to the highest standards. This ASUS motherboard represents the latest advances to supply users the finest componentry available today...

Latest 533MHz P4 Processor Technology: Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 Northwood/Willamette Processor. The Pentium 4 processor utilizes the advanced 0.18 micron processor core in FC-PGA2 package for a 2.53+GHz frequency, while the Northwood processor uses the 0.13 micron processor core with 512KB L2 cache for up to a speedy 2.53+ GHz frequency and a 400/533 MHz FSB. The P4 offers optimized performance for audio, video, and Internet applications.

North Bridge Chipset: the SiS® 648 supports AGP 8X/4X/2X mode, 533/400MHz Front Side Bus, and the fastest 333 MHz memory bus.

South Bridge Chipset: the SiS® 963 integrated peripheral controller supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33 for burst mode data transfer rates up to 133MB/ sec, and USB controller with three root hubs for six USB ports.

PC 2700 (333MHz) / 2100 (266MHz) / 1600 (200MHz) DDR Support: Equipped with three Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR DIMM) sockets to support up to 3GB of DDR DRAM, the newest memory standard with the highest bandwidth and lowest latency currently available. This new memory technology increases performance by executing two actions per clock cycle, supplying data transfer rates up to 2.7 GB/s for 166MHz DDR SDRAM and 2.1GB/s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM.

UltraDMA133 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4, Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD- ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.

Multi-I/O Chipset: The W83697SF chip offers complete support for a variety of I/O functions. Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can switch from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. The Super I/O controller supports a floppy disk drive.

Smart BIOS: 4Mb firmware enables boot block write protection, and HD/ SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection.

Expansion: One AGP 8XSlot, four USB ports, one COM port, one COM header, six PCI slots, SPDIF digital audio, front audio panel, 1394 header, smart card header.

Connections: Parallel, PS/2 mouse, PS/2 keyboard, 4 USB, 1394 port(Optional), RJ45 (optional), Microphone/ Line-In / Line-Out jacks(Optional), Standard ATX, AUX and 12V power.

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